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Mr. Meldola, in illustration of the foregoing paper, exhibited the wings 

 of Antin-haa Archcea, showing the " scent-fans" sent over from Brazil bj* 

 the author of the paper, and likewise a specimen of Mycalesls Drusia, Cram., 

 captured by himself in the Nicobar Islands in 1875, and displaying the 

 "scent-fans" of the hind-wings in a very conspicuous manner. 



The President remarked that when collecting on the Amazons he had 

 often observed the strong odour of vanilla emitted by certain butterflies. 

 Without a more complete examination of the evidence, however, he was not 

 prepared to admit that the tufts of hair or manes on the wings, &c., of 

 butterflies were the scent-secreting organs. 



Mr. Wood-Mason stated that no exception could be taken to Dr. Miiller's 

 view from a morphological standpoint, since the hairs, wliich are modified 

 scales, are in communication with the fluids contained in the tissues of the 

 wing, and thus might easily secrete odours. 



With reference to the odours emitted by other insects, Mr. M'Lachlan 

 remarked that when in Sydney he had found, in the bush round that town, 

 a cockroach which gave out a most powerful smell. He also referred to the 

 well-known odour of Ch-ysojJa, which is emitted by two or three British 

 species of the genus. No special scent-secreting organ has, however, as 

 yet been detected in these insects. 



Mr. Distant stated that he had recently received from the Andaman 

 Islands some cockroaches, which likewise emitted a strong odour. 



Dr. Sharp communicated a paper " On some Lougicorn Coleoptera from 

 the Hawaiian Islands." 



Mr. Peter Cameron communicated a paper " On the Larvae of the 

 Tenthredinida;, with special reference to Protective Resemblance." 



Mr. H. W. Bates read a paper " On Macropsehium Cotterilli and other 

 new Species of Coleoptera from Lake Nyassa." The author exhibited a 

 specimen of the remarkable Longicorn beetle above referred to, which 

 is of special interest on account of its possessing some characters of the 

 PrionidcB. 



Notes on the Entomology of the Windward Islands. By the Rev. T. A. 

 xMarshall, M.A., &c. (Read April 3rd, 1878.) 



The insects I have collected since June, 1877, are on the point of 

 being sent (with some exceptions) to the Entomological Society, and it 

 seems that a few notes on the subject of West-Indian Entomology may 

 be an appropriate and not uninteresting accompaniment. I spent ten days 

 only in Barbados, and may dispense with any further mention of that 

 island, as I found nothing in its burning hot cane-fields and noisy unsavoury 



